Icelandic bio dome project and thoughts on tropical plant conservation

[luketrollope]

I remember Karen Rai on this forum mentioning a project there in Iceland with geothermal greenhouses and thought I would post the link below. I am wondering if it is the same project?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-05/welcome-to-the-jungle-bananas-may-be-iceland-s-next-big-thing

I have often thought that because tropical fruit tree seeds in general do not store well and can not be seed banked we need to have living plants for a germplasm and the best place for that may be in underground greenhouses like the doomsday vault for seeds but with living plants grown under LED lights powered by geothermal or hydro electric. Maybe this project will provide some data as to the viability of that idea.